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President Donald Trump declined to say if he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but threatened to impose "massive tariffs" on Russia to end the war with Ukraine, in the second part of an Oval Office interview that aired Thursday night.

The interview was conducted by Fox News' Sean Hannity.

Trump was pressed about his campaign pledge to end the war between Russia and Ukraine and whether he had spoken with the Russian president.

"I don't want to say, but I will tell you, it's gotta end," Trump said.

Trump repeated his warning that Russia would face consequences if it doesn't end the war.

"If they don't settle this war soon, like almost immediately, I'm going to put massive tariffs on Russia and massive taxes, and also big sanctions," Trump said. "And I don't want to do that. You know, I love the Russian people. They're great people. I don't want to do that, but we gotta get this war ended."

Trump also criticized Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy, saying he was "no angel" and shouldn't have allowed the war to happen either.

Trump was also asked about his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping before taking office, which he called a friendly conversation.

“It went fine. It was a good, friendly conversation," Trump said. “I had a great relationship with him prior to COVID … They are a very ambitious country. He's a very ambitious man. He's a man that was, you know, I don't want to be naive and say, my friend, but he was like my friend."

-ABC News' Molly Nagle and Fritz Farrow

The National Guard released a statement Thursday saying that servicemembers have been called to assist with the mission along the Southern border where 1,500 active duty Army soldiers and Marines were ordered on Wednesday.

"The National Guard is 'Always Ready, Always There,' and is urgently working to fully accomplish the objectives of the Presidential Executive Orders," the statement from the military reserve force said.

President Donald Trump's executive order authorized 2,500 federalized National Guardsmen to be deployed to the active duty mission.

As of Thursday, the National Guard has over 1,600 Guardsmen supporting the federal border security mission, according to the statement.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to consider Kash Patel's nomination to serve as FBI director on Jan. 30, according to a committee hearing notice.

The Trump administration has shut down processing centers in Central and South American countries that allowed migrants to apply to come to the United States legally.

The move comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending decisions on refugee cases and after the State Department suspended new applications and case processing.

The centers were part of a program started by the Biden administration called the Safe Mobility Initiative, aimed at reducing illegal immigration. Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Ecuador were among the countries that had processing centers.

"Following a decision by the US government, the Safe Mobility Initiative is no longer active," said a message posted to the Safe Mobility Initiative website. "New applications will not be accepted."

-ABC News' Laura Romero